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Hat Fair Carnival 2020 Teachers Pack We’ve transformed! On 1 September, Live Theatre Winchester Trust, the arts and education charity that runs Theatre Royal Winchester and Hat Fair, was renamed Play to the Crowd. We believe that this name better represents the charity’s vision to ‘Delight and Unite’ and our commitment to the belief that the arts should be for everyone and everyone should have access to them – whether that be watching shows at the city’s Grade II listed theatre; enjoying street performances at Hat Fair, the UK’s longest running Outdoor Arts festival; or taking part in the charity’s youth and adult projects. As an organisation we work extensively with schools, colleges and universities; older people; communities, families and young people. We think it’s important to bring this area of our work to the fore, and celebrate it at the heart of what we do. Therefore, all of our creative learning and community engagement programmes will now sit under a brand new name - Playmakers. Hat Fair Carnival 2020 Hat Fair is an Outdoor Arts festival that takes place every year during the first weekend of July across the historic city of Winchester. The festival takes its name from the busking tradition of throwing money into a hat at the end of a performance. Hat Fair opens with a burst of riotous colour and costumes as hundreds of children from local schools parade along Winchester’s High Street in our Hat Fair Carnival. We have an amazing opportunity for 10 schools to take part in Hat Fair Carnival 2020. We have once again teamed up with The New Carnival Company, a pioneering arts development organisation based on the Isle of Wight specialising in carnival and outdoor public celebrations, to deliver this project. They have a team of highly experienced carnival artists and producers, teachers and trainers, project managers and outdoor event specialists who believe that carnival and other forms of celebratory arts, can make a real difference to people and places.
Training & professional development
This year we are offering two different workshops from The New
Carnival Company for teachers and practitioners to take part in:
• Introduction to Carnival costume making skills
Wed 27 November 2019, 9am-5pm
(limited places available; deadline for application Sun 10 November)
• Backpacks for Carnival
TBC January/February 2020
Note: These are both standalone workshops, you do not need to
attend both if you do not wish to do so.
In addition to the workshops schools will receive the
following sessions:
• An Introduction to Carnival and initial design
1 x 2 hour session in your school, led by Playmakers
• Prototyping your Carnival costume
1 x 3 hour session at Theatre Royal Winchester, led by The
New Carnival Company
• Dance and choreography workshop
1 x 2 hour session in your school, led by Playmakers
• 1 x trouble shooting/support visit
• Teachers will also receive support throughout the
process from Playmakers
The making sessions (approx. 6-8 hours) can be delivered in
a number of different ways to fit in with your school’s timetable.
They could be a 1 day session, weekly sessions or weekly after
school sessions. Whatever works best for your school.
What will pupils achieve?
• Pupils will have the opportunity to produce costumes and
take part in the Hat Fair Carnival 2020.
• All pupils will have the opportunity to work towards and
achieve an Arts Award Discover qualification.
• Pupils will have the opportunity to develop their creativity in
the design and making of their costumes.
Artsmark
Taking part in this project will help schools who are working
towards Artsmark accreditation.
We encourage the integration of Carnival and Outdoor Arts
activities into mainstream areas of the curriculum.
Arts Award
Arts Award is a personal learning programme which develops
and assesses both arts-related and transferable skills, such as
creativity, communication, planning and teamwork. Young
people aged up to 25 can achieve Arts Awards.
Theatre Royal Winchester is a registered Arts Award Centre and
we have 2 trained assessors working with Discover, Explore,
Bronze, Silver and Gold level awards. We aim to embed Arts
Award delivery and accreditation into the Hat Fair Carnival.
Carnival theme
Participating schools will receive an illustrated narrative guide with examples to inspire you with your costume design.
Each school is asked to choose their top 3 themes from a list provided. Playmakers will then allocate you one of your
chosen themes, to inspire your costume design.
If your school would like to take part or if you would like further information please contact Kat Henderson,
Engagement Producer at kat@playtothecrowd.co.uk or call 01962 673 751.
Using Carnival in the curriculum...
English PSHE
Storytelling, creative writing, poetry, calypso, carnival Understanding different cultures, diversity, working as a
language, carnival plays team, citizenship, religious festivals
Music PE
Soca, chutney, calypso, reggae, African drum, samba, Carnival dance, flag waving, stilt walking, circus skills,
steel pan, call and response, making instuments, junk martial arts
percussion, music technology
History Science
European traditions, colonialism, slavery, diaspora, Properties of materials, food technology, enviromental
The Commonwealth, post war migration awareness
Geography ICT
Carnival roots in Africa, Europe, Asia and America, The Researching themes, using computers to design
Caribbean bason, Festivals of the World, migration, costumes, documenting and recording work, carnival
anthropology, study of distant environments newsletters English
Art & design
Costumes, masks,
Storytelling Large sculptures & puppets
Creative writing, Poetry Textiles, dyeing, batik S
Arts & Design Maths Calypso (rhyme and verse)
Pattern cutting, sewing
Carnival language Printmaking
Costumes, masks, large sculptures & puppets, textiles, Calculating quantities, measuring, dimensions scale,
Carnival plays
dyeing, pattern cutting, dewing, printmaking geometry, pattern and symmetry
Music
Soca, chutney, calypso, reggae
African drum,
samba, steel pan
Call and response, Using
Design & Technology Making instruments, junk percussion
Carnival
Experimenting with new materials, technical drawing, Music technology
in the curriculum with
creating structure, balance and movement
History
European traditions
Colonialism
Slavery
Diaspora
The Commonwealth
and post war migration
The Schedule
Date/Time Item Details Content
Wed 27 Introduction to Carnival Costume Making A friendly, hands-on, fun • Brief history of Carnival
November Skills Training workshop course to learn basic Carnival • Planning and managing your
2019 skills to help you support costume production
1 full day costume making with children • Explore costume making
and young people. • Learn No-sew
Delivered by: The New Carnival Company • Learn how to create a variety of
No prior experience Carnival headdresses
Location: Theatre Royal Winchester necessary. • Learn how to create Carnival
accessories
January/ Introduction to Backpacks for Carnival A friendly, hands-on, fun • Brief history of Carnival
February Training workshop course to learn Backpack • Planning and managing your
2020 TBC skills to help you support costume production
1 full day costume making with children • Explore costume making
and young people. • Learn No-sew
Delivered by: The New Carnival Company • Learn how to create Backpacks
No prior experience for Carnival
Location: Isle of Wight necessary. • Learn how to create a variety of
Carnival headdresses
• Learn how to create Carnival
accessories
December An introduction to Carnival and initial A friendly, fun, hands-on • Introduction to Hat Fair Carnival
2019 - March design session session with a member of the and this year’s theme.
2020 Playmakers team. • Brief history of Carnival
2 hour session • Initial design ideas
Delivered by: Playmakers
Location: In school
March 2020 Prototyping your Carnival The New Carnival • Create one example of your
Costumes Company’s artists will be costume design
available for 2 days to assist • Create patterns and templates
3 hour session group leaders with ready for your workshops
transferring your costume • Experimenting and problem
Delivered by: The New Carnival Company design ideas into reality. solving
• Help and guidance with ordering
Location: TBC material for costumes
March - June Making sessions Making sessions can be • Students will have
2020 delivered in different ways to patterns and templates to work
Approx. make time 6-8 hours suit your individual schools from
needs and timetable.
Delivered by: Teachers
Supported by: Playmakers
Location: In school
June 2020 Dance and Choreography Learn simple Carnival dance • Carnival music
steps and routines. • Carnival dance steps
2 hour workshop • Carnival dance routines
• Learn how to travel during a
Delivered by: Playmakers parade
Location: In school
May - June Trouble shooting/support visit The New Carnival Company
2020 and Playmakers will be
Delivered by: The New Carnival Company available for advice and
support with any issues/
Location: TBC problems with your
production.
Fri 3 July Hat Fair Carnival More details to follow
2020
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